Barber&#39;s haircloth



July 1, 1924. 1,499,857

W. J. DAVID BARBERS HAIRCLOTH Filed Feb. 11 1922 William J.David M 7 M II erratum Patented July 1, 1924.

' WILLIAM..T.VDAVID, or FARWELL, NEBRASKA}.

BKRBERS' mracnorn.

Application fil ed February 11 1922. Serial-No. 535,877.

TojcZl whom. it may concern:

Beit known that 1:, Wilma-n: J; Dawns,- a citizen of the United States,residinat Fa -weil, iii the county of Howard and tate of Nebraska, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Barbers Haircloths, ofwhich the followin is a specification.

This invention relates to harbors hair cloths, and the primary object ofthe inven.- tion is to rovi'de a. novel hair eloth'orbih, which wilsnugly engage the neck of the wearer and eliminate the neeessity'ofpin.- niii the cloth in place or tucking the same around the shirt-bandof the wearer, saidcl'oth efie tively eliminatin short hairsfrom workingtheir way down around the neck of the wearer and-between the cloth orbib.

A further object f the invention is the provision of a novel barbershair cloth" embod ing an improved neck band formedv of elastic materialfor snugly engaging. the neck ofthe wearer and embodying means where; bythe same can be readily adjusted to the size of the neck of the wearer.

A fiirther object of-the invention is the provision of novel means forsecuring the elastic band to the hair cloth or bib so that thecloth'will not bind about the neck of the wearer and so that the clothwill uniformly cover the shoulders of the wearer, said band eliminatingthe usual tight feeling about the neck of the wearer when the cloth istucked or pinned in place.

further object of the invention is to provide a novel means for securingthe has toning elements utilized for adjustably connecting the elasticneck band in place around the neck .of the wearer, so that the fasteningelements will form a reinforcing means for securing the neck band tothecloth at'a point where reinforcement of the band is most desirable.

A still further object of the invention is toprovide an improved barbershair cloth or bib of the above character, which will be durable andefficient in use, one that will be simple and easy to manufacture, andone which can be placed upon the market at, a reasonable cost.-

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will behereinafter more specifically described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, forming: a part of; this-specification, in. which:drawings:

' Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of. the. improvedbarbershair cloth or bib, illustrating the improvedneck. band sccured in place.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary View of the improved. cloth or bib showing themanner of stretching the neck. hand during the sewing of. the cloththereto. Y

Figure 3. is a. similar view illustrating the appearance of the clothafter the cloth has been secured to the. band and the band has resumedits normal. relaxed form.

Referring to the drawings J in detail, wherein similar. referencecharacters designate corres onding arts throughout the several views,the letter A indicates the; body portion of the improved barber's clothor bib,- and the. novel neck band therefor.

The body portion A of the -barbers. hair cloth or bib A can be formedof: an preferred kind of fabric and made inthe usual way. As shown, thebody portion- A. is cut to form aneck opening 5 and the rear. edge ofthe body A may be'cut, as at 6, to define a passage leading to the neckopening 5. If desired, the edges of the out portion 6 may be turned andstitched, as at 7 The novel neck band B includes a strip of elasticwebbing or the like 8, which can i be of any desired width. This stripof webbing 8 is placed on the inner surface of the body portion A and sodisposed that the outer edge thereof will extend beyond the neck opening5. The band of elasticwebbing 8 is secured to the neck opening 5 by adouble row of stitching 9, as clearly shown in Figures 2 and 3 of thedrawings, and if desired, the terminals of the elastic webbing 8, can beturned back and sewed as at 10.

In sewing the elastic strip 8 to the neck opening, the strip 8 isstretched to its fullest extent and the fabric is then stitched theretoat the central portion thereof. The band 8 is then permitted to relaxand the terminals of the band are then secured to the terminals of theneck opening 5,'as at 11. When the fabric band or strip 8 is fitted torelax, the fabric gives the appearance as if the same was shirred to theband as clearly indicated by the reference character 12 in Figure 3 ofthe drawings.

One terminal of the elastic strip or band 8 has secured thereto the malemember 13 of fastening members 14, which may be of any preferredcharacter. As shown these fastening members are of the hook and eyetype, and as stated, the hook 13 is secured.

to one terminal of the band. The eye members 15 of the fasteningelements 14 are secured to the other terminal of the elastic band orstrip 8, and there are a plurality of these eye members, so as topermitthehook 13 to engage any one thereof and thereby permit the sizeof the band to be adjusted. As clearly shown in Figure 1 of thedrawings, the fastening elements 14 are secured to that portion of theband and the body portion A of the cloth, which is left smooth duringthe sewing operation of the cloth to the band 8, and this permits theconvenient connection of the hook 15 with the eyes. It is preferred thatthe eyes 15 have one of their terminals secured to-the elastic band orstrip 8 and their other terminals secured to the body portion A of thecloth, which acts as a reinforcement for the band or strip 8 and thecloth in order to more firmly to'the wearer the same is thrown over-thewearers shoulder and the neck band is placed around the: wearers neckand adusted in position by placlng the hooks in any one of the eyesl5.Thebody por- -3 tion A is then moved out so as to fully cover thewearer.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit orscope of this invention; but

I claim: 1

A barbers hair cloth comprising a flexible body open at the back andhaving an upper edge forminga neck encircling portion a neck band ofelastic material extending along the upper edge portion of the body inoverlapping relation thereto and stitched to said body, said band havingits intermediate portion stretched before being stitched to the body andits end portions stitchedto the body while iunstretched to cause evengathering of the body between the unstretched end portions of said band,a plurality of fastener elements secured in spaced relation lonitudinally of one of the unstretched en portions of the band and eachbeing in the form of an eye member disposed transversely of the neckband and having its upper end secured to the neck band and its lower endsecured to the upper edge portion of the body, and a cooperatingfastener hook carried by the other unstretched end portion of the bandfor engagement with a selected one of the eye members when. the garmentis in place.

1 WILLIAM J. DAVID.

